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Family: Congressman James Turner Morehead / Mary Teas Lindsay (F6390)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male Congressman James Turner Morehead

  
  

  Born	11 Jan 1799	Virginia or North Carolina
  Died	5 May 1875	Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Buried		First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilfor Co., North Carolina
  Married
  Father	John Morehead | F3120 Group Sheet
  Mother	Obedience 'Biddy' Motley | F3120 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Teas Lindsay

  
  

  Born	12 Mar 1813	Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Died	27 Feb 1847	Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Buried
  Father	Col. Robert Lindsay | F8996 Group Sheet
  Mother	Letitia Harper | F8996 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Joseph Motley Morehead

  
  

  Born	9 Jul 1840	Rockingham Co., North Carolina
  Died	1 Jan 1911	Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Buried		Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
  Spouse	Mary Christian Jones | F6391
  Married	8 Nov 1883

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Children: Robert Lindsay Morehead (1831 - 1876) John Henry Morehead (1833 - 1863) James Turner Morehead (1838 - 1919) Joseph Motley Morehead (1840 - 1911) Mary Harper Morehead (1844 - 1877)

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11750742. Mary Teas Lindsay Morehead Birth: Mar. 12, 1813, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC Death: Feb. 27, 1847, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC Obituary: In Greensborough. 27 Feb of Consumption, Mrs. Mary Morehead; wife of Jas T. Morehead, Esq. Wilmington Journal Wilmington, NC, Friday, 19 Mar 1847 Mary Teas Lindsay was a daughter of Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1775-1818) and his wife Letitia Harper (1785-1835). She attended Salem College. On 13 May 1830, she married Colonel James Turner Morehead (1799-1875). Her elder sister Ann Eliza had married Jame's elder brother John Motley Morehead, later Governor of NC. James Turner and Mary Teas Lindsay Morehead had six children: Robert Lindsay Morehead (1831-1876), John Henry Morehead (Colonel, 45th NC Regt. CSA, d. 1863), Ann Eliza Morehead (1836-1914, Mrs. Theodore Whitfield), James Turner Morhead, Jr. (1838-1919, Col. 53rd NC Regt. CSA), Joseph Motley Morehead (1840-1911, Major, Confederate Army), Mary Harper "Mamie" Morehead (c.1844-1877).